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Asterisk

The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.

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Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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graph 76% connected

A diagram representing data or a set of equations

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Star 74% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Star 74% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Star 92% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Approach pattern noun · 78% connection

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crow…

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Capital noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Capital letter noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Consonant noun · 78% connection

a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

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Digram noun · 78% connection

two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’)

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Digraph noun · 78% connection

two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’)

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Double verb · 78% connection

do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"

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Grapheme noun · 78% connection

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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Graphic symbol noun · 78% connection

a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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Kick ass verb · 78% connection

be excellent or outstanding; "I'm enjoying this. I know. This rules!" - How I Met Your Mother! - The Duel (2005); "It rocks, but it ca…

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Letter noun · 78% connection

a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

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Majuscule noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Missive noun · 78% connection

a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

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Mute adjective · 78% connection

expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her l…

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Orthographic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or expressed in orthography

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Orthography noun · 78% connection

a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

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Abbreviation noun · 78% connection

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Anagram noun · 78% connection

Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the tr…

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the lette…

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official do…

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Bracket noun · 78% connection

One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Break verb · 78% connection

An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.

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Ellipticity noun · 78% connection

Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Emargination noun · 78% connection

The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Epistolographic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Font noun · 78% connection

A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, po…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Inversion noun · 78% connection

A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: figure, star, thus, printing, writing.
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Joinhand noun · 78% connection

Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.

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